Mindful of how frustrating the wait is, makers of PCs' basic input/output systems (BIOS) are working on bringing instant-on computing closer to reality with promises of significan ...

Watch McCain commend Clinton » The media often overlooked how compassionately she spoke to the concerns and dreams of millions of Americans, and she deserves a lot more appreciation than she sometimes ...

More than 21,000 funeral homes are in the U.S., employing some 105,000 people, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. The $11 billion-a-year industry is largely ...

Edward Kennedy and Michelle Obama kicked off the first night of the Democratic National Convention with speeches that focused on "new hope" and the American dream. iReporters across the country ...

The mayor of Evanston, Illinois, says he is opening two investigations after federal agents were filmed pinning down and repeatedly striking a person in the head as they arrested him Friday.

Myanmar's military government began allowing aid agencies into the country Thursday to respond to the dire needs of those who survived the killer storm but is still being criticized for acting too ...

"But adenovirus is causing severe disease and, in some cases, death in normal, healthy people." At least 1,035 people in Oregon and a handful of other states have been infected by adenovirus so far ...

That fury erupted September 11 when hijackers slammed commercial airliners into U.S. symbols of military might and capitalism, killing thousands. "These people blend in so well you could have been ...

Questions abound about how to best inoculate the world against swine flu as health officials plan for a campaign that could dwarf any previous flu vaccination effort. Among the issues to be resolved ...

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed Wednesday that Israel's air assault on Gaza would not end until Hamas militants quit firing rockets into Israeli territory. "We did not enter this operation in order ...

One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi roadway was shot and killed early Sunday by a homeowner who says she feared for the safety of her children.

Republican leaders, in turn, said it was Obama who is guilty of playing "fast and loose with the facts." They repeated their assertion that the president's proposed government-fun ...